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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could Eva NOT afford to do at Christmas when she was in college?
(a) Buy Christmas gifts for her Christian friends.
(b) To rent an apartment.
(c) Afford the trip home.
(d) To buy a car.

2. What did Penny give Eva for her birthday that got her writing juices flowing?
(a) A typewriter.
(b) A blank notebook.
(c) A diary.
(d) Stationary.

3. What did Mrs. Steiner disapprove of that Eva's father did?
(a) He started a junk company.
(b) He left his wife.
(c) He drank.
(d) He quit his job at the lumber mill.

4. What did Penny's sister, Janet, try to do?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Sneak out to see a boy.
(c) Run away.
(d) Buy liquor.

5. What was the Canadian version of McDonald's?
(a) White Castle.
(b) Joe's Diner.
(c) White Spot.
(d) McDaffy's

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the photograph taken about a year after the Wydra's arrived in Canada?

2. How many languages did Eva's mother speak?

3. Just before leaving for college, how did Eva describe herself?

4. What began to win Eva prizes at school in Canada?

5. How long did Mr. Ostropov's lessons run?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Eva see Mr. Rosenberg after the Wydra's had been in Canada for a bit? How did he change in Eva's eyes and why did she perceive him differently after a short time?

2. How did the concept of "internal goods" give Eva comfort and allow her to feel more comfortable with herself?

3. In Eva's attempt at secrecy, what role did Mrs. Steiner play? Why did Eva place her is this position? What characteristics did Mrs. Steiner have that made Eva behave differently towards her?

4. Why did Eva's father struggle so much once the family was living in Canada?

5. How were Eva's views of communism different from her classmates?

6. How was Eva a "pretend teenager?"

7. What role did humor play in learning a new language for the Wydra's and especially Eva? What was it like for Eva to tell a joke? What did not translate from Polish to English?

8. What did Eva mean when she claimed to have "no interior language?"

9. How did Mr. Ostropov play the role of the "mad Russian?"

10. Why did Eva believe that speech was a class signifier?

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